Girdle attachment for supporting garments.



' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EFFIE ALTOUSSAINT, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

GIRDLE ATTACHMENT FOR SUPPORTING GARMENTS/T T0 at whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EFFIE A. TOUSSAINT, a citizen of the United States,residing at the city of Philadelphia, in the county of Phila-' delphiaand State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Girdle Attachments for Supporting Garments, of which thefollowing is a specifi cation. I

My invention has forits object to provide a device for attachment to agirdle adapted to be engaged to and disengaged from the waist-body orshirt for supporting a garment,

such as a frock or skirt, therefrom and to that end my inventionconsists of the particular construction and arrangement of theattachment to the girdle for the said purpose.

The nature and characteristic features of my invention will be morefully understood from the following description, taken in con- Referringto the drawings, a is the girdle, of

suitable stout'material.

' to rovide inclined projections 77 an b is the attachment for beingslid along the girdle, consisting of an oblong metal strip having twoend slits or slots 1) and b stamped out of the body of the stri I), soas 5 b, with which the girdle bears to prevent slipping of theattachment 1) thereon when the girdle is in engagement with or bearsagainst a garmerit.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 28, 1905- SerialNo. 247,693.

Patented March 13, 1906.

b and b are slots of different sizes and shapes struck out of the bodyof the strip 1),

' whereof in the one 6 the metal of the body of the strip is formedtherefrom into a catch b on the back of the strip for engaging the freeend of a pin 6 the bearing for which pin to hold the same in requiredposition consisting, preferably, of a cli I), which extends through theopening I) an is spread out so as to rest .flat against the face side ofthe strip, as

clearly illustrated in Figs. 1, 3, and 4.

The attachment 6 in position on the girdle is adapted to be sopositioned as to prevent normal slipping along the same and by means ofthe pin 6 of the shirt waist orbody being secured thereto, so that fromthe upper edge of each strip b, dis osed along the girdle a, a frock orskirt may y means of a clip or any other suitable means (not shown) besupported therefrom, as can be readily understood.

Having thus described the nature and object of my invention, what Iclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is. r

The combination with a girdle, of an oblong solid strip havingtransverse slits located adjacent to the ends thereof, a clip on theback of said strip and extending through an opening in the same, theends of said clip being spread out onto the face of said strip, a pinwith an angular end engaging said clip, and said pin extendinglongitudinally of said stri and a keeper or catch struck up on the bacof said strip for shielding or concealing the pointed free end of saidpin, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my signature in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

' EFFIE A. TOUSSAINT. Witnesses: 1

J. WALTER DOUGLASS, THoMAs M. SMITH.

